Big Park, Arizona

• School boards join sales tax fight
  

  County Superintendent Tim Carter addresses a joint meeting of Verde Valley school boards.

• Weather update: Verde floods expected to match or exceed 1993 benchmark
  

  The National Weather Service is now predicting that rising water in the Verde Valley Friday morning will match or exceed the record flooding of 1993, a dangerous flood that created significant damage along the Verde River and Oak Creek.

• Big Park explores incorporation again
  

  Deputy Arizona League Director Tom Belshe and Dale Wiebusch, the Legislative Associate for the League, spelled out the legal requirements for incorporation, through either the petition process or by an election.

• Letter: Points of disagreement with NSA designation
  

  Editor: I challenge a basic premise of the Sedona-Red Rock National Scenic Area proposal by Rep.

• School moves toward energy plan
  

  "I help save the world," says Todd Becker, "a little bit every day." Becker, the Business Development manager at APS Energy Services, received the OK to get started on an energy-saving assessment of Camp Verde Unified School District .

• Ah, Wilderness! Munds Mountain: High visibility, hidden treasures
  

  The Jacks Canyon Trail splits the heart of Munds Mountain Wilderness Area between Munds Mountain and Horse Mesa.

• Supervisors table Big Park's community plan update
  

  Although Yavapai County Development Services Director Chad Daines ranked Big Park's community plan update application as "high priority," the Board of Supervisors on Monday were not happy with some aspects of the county's new community plan policy and tabled Big Park's application to a future meeting.

City Description

Big Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. The population was 5,245 at the 2000 census. Big Park is more commonly known as the Village of Oak Creek (VOC), and is a bedroom community for Sedona, Arizona. Tourism and service to retirees and second-home owners are the basis for the local economy. Big Park, the pioneers' name for the large open area that became the Village of Oak Creek in the early 1960s, is set among scenic red-rock buttes and canyons. The Bell Rock scenic area adjoins the north end of VOC, and the town is surrounded by the Coconino National Forest. A Forest Service Visitor Center is located at the south end of VOC. Big Park's FIPS code is 07570. Residents of VOC have a Sedona ZIP code, 86351. Big Park is located at 34°46′59″N 111°45′40″W / 34.78306°N 111.76111°W / 34.78306; -111.76111 (34.783149, -111.761017). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.6 square miles (11.8 km²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 5,245 people, 2,560 households, and 1,602 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,154.1 people per square mile (446.1/km²). There were 3,117

City Contained By:

• Yavapai County
• Arizona
• United States of America

Timezones:

• Mountain Time Zone

Size:

• 11.9139453075 km squared

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